How to decompresses a gzipped file Basic Linux, Commands Add comments Jan 172010 How to decompresses a gzipped file Answer: 1. Use the gunzip command # gunzip test.gz 1. Use the gzip command, and the -d flag # gzip -d test.gz Related posts: Show the content of gzipped text file Can I use gunzip to decompress a zip file? How to determine the type of a file in Linux How to easy remove file with strange file name? Extract a bzipped tar file Leave a Reply Cancel reply Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>